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I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

J. C. Watts

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J. C. Watts
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: November 18
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I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.
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Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.
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A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.
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Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going, defending ourselves, activist judges. Newt Gingrich did all those things when he was speaker. We got tax relief. We got balanced budgets. We got, you know, job creation. We paid down our national debt.
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Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.
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I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.
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To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.
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When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.
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I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.
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I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children.
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Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.
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If a 25-year old can't read and write and he or she isn't gaining marketable skills, it doesn't matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. His or her future will be bleak.
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We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.
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Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.
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There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.
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The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.
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I think in politics, in Congress, you often do things that are Republican, or you do things because you're a Democrat. Sometimes that's good, obviously, and sometimes that's obviously bad. But in the news business, there's no such thing as Republican or Democratic news. News is news.
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As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.
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My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
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It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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